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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
CNN: Eleven climbers died on Pakistan's K2 mountain after an ice avalanche knocked down a fixed rope that climbers were using to reach the summit, mountaineer Fredrick Strang at a K2 base camp said Sunday. One of the dead was a sherpa who had gone up K2 to help in rescue efforts, Strang said. Sultan Khan, an employee with a Pakistani tour company, said about 22 climbers attempted...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Eleven climbers died on Pakistan's K2 mountain after an ice avalanche knocked down a fixed rope that climbers were using to reach the summit, mountaineer Fredrick Strang at a K2 base camp said Sunday.
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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Eleven climbers died after an avalanche displaced a rope they were using to scale K2, the second-tallest mountain in the world, a Pakistani tour company said.The dead were part of a group of almost two dozen climbers on K2, CNN reported Sunday. One victim was said to be a Sherpa involved in a rescue effort, mountaineer Fredrick Strang said.Sultan Khan, who works for a Pakistani tour company,...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
(CNN) -- Eleven climbers died on Pakistan's K2 mountain after an ice avalanche knocked down a fixed rope that climbers were using to reach the summit, mountaineer Fredrick Strang at a K2 base camp said Sunday.Pakistan's K2 is the second highest peak in the world.One of the dead was a sherpa who had gone up K2 to help in rescue efforts, Strang said.Sultan Khan, an employee with...
